[Kde-scm-interest] Integrating Reviewboard with git branches

[Ian Monroe]

On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi at kde.org> wrote:
> while there are a few (well, two) more steps to take into account,
> gerrit's review-only mode inherently catches most screwups before they
> hit the repository, and consequently contributes to a less scary
> learning experience.

This was my experience just working at a company where some projects
were using Gerrit and some were open Git repos.

So if I needed to contribute a patch to something I normally didn't work on:
Project uses Gerrit -> cool, I know exactly how to contribute.
Project uses plain Git -> erm, well, open up git log and try sending
patch to an email address that shows up a lot. Or ask in IRC. Or ask
my manager to ask their manager. Etc.

I think this is why github has taken off among the current generation
of new open source projects. The method to contribute for newcomers is
just part of the infrastructure.

Ian